Report: Colorado to hire Gerald Chatman as new DL coach

BOULDER — The Buffs got their guy.

Colorado will hire Gerald Chatman as it’s next defensive line coach, according to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman. Chatman, 33, has previous experience with Texas A&M, LSU, the Cincinnati Bengals and others. He was hired this offseason to be Tulane’s defensive line coach.

SOURCE: Tulane D-Line coach Gerald Chatman is expected to become the new DL coach at Colorado. Chatman had been retained at LSU by Brian Kelly on the new Tigers staff. Prior to LSU, he spent two seasons as assistant DL coach with the Cincinnati Bengals.

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) March 3, 2022

The Tulane job would have been Chatman’s first as the full defensive line coach. He was an assistant defensive line coach with the Bengals before joining LSU as a defensive analyst. When LSU hired Brian Kelly, he retained Chapman to his staff.

The defensive line coaching job at CU came open when Vic So’oto, 34, decided to leave for the same position at Cal on Monday. CU claimed So’oto left for family reasons, but So’oto refuted that claim. He was originally hired Dec. 30.

Stay tuned to DNVR for more information regarding the hire.